Doesn’t surprise me in the least: the place never had a lot of customers, and it blended into the landscape a bit too well. That location screams for something unique, not something franchised and cookie-cutter.

Anonymous

I think it’s one of those places that gets the most traffic at 3am when people are trashed.

Kev29

When it’s closed?

A

My boycott of all things Dan Snyder is working.

Anonymous

Absolutely.

Is there anything he touches, that doesn’t immediately go to sh*&?

11th

+1000000000

Anonymous

Fitting that a restaurant owned by Dan Snyder is closing in the city where he owns the football team.

Anonymous

Last I checked, Dan Snyder’s football team had nothing to do with this city, other than taking its name. The stadium is in MD and the team headquarters is in VA. Screw him.

Jesus

Hopefully it will be replaced by a dry cleaners.

Sean

Good riddance. I blame them for the closure of places like Timberlakes on that block.

Anonymous

I doubt Johnny Rockets had anything to do with that…

Anonymous

I thought the owner died or retired?

Anonymous

Retired and sold the business. If I recall, he still owns the building.

Kev29

And Timberlakes is better as Maddy’s, IMHO. Still a neighborhood bar.

Anonymous

Too bad the owner of Timberlake’s simply decided to retire. He still owns the building, actually.

But don’t let the truth get in the way of an obnoxious comment.

jch

3.2.1. – Wine bar or overplaced tapas.

Anon

I’ve lived and worked near this location for almost a decade, and *every* time I walked that particular stretch of block I thought “Oh, right, there’s a Johnny Rockets here. I forgot.” It was a weird location for that business. I have to imagine that 90% of their take was tourists from the hotels up the hill, much like Bucca di Beppo.

Anonymous

Comfort One Shoes

Denizen of Tenallytown

Was looking for this… Surprised it took this long!

CE

+1

FD

Bring back the burrito place

Girl on Kansas

Amen! I became seriously addicted to Burrito Brothers’ taco salad when it was in that location. Now I have to schlep out to Capitol Hill to the one location left to get my fix…

K St.

I lived over there when Johnny Rockets opened and lamented at the time that I always thought that would been a great spot for a bagel place.

i say good riddance. i hated it at first because it’s a hideous franchise. then i gave it a chance because it’s in my neighborhood, but the service was awful and the food even worse. blech. now that i know it was a snyder incorporated operation, i hate it even more. let me know if they need help moving.

fingers crossed we get another comfy shoe store, frozen yogurt or over-priced hamburger joint. because heaven knows we need more.

I remember the Door Store. I also remember the head shop around the corner. Or at least I think I do. I was pretty high at the time.

Pro tip: glass bongs exist for the sole purpose of being broken and for no other.

Hung Jury

Last time I ate at a JR, I waited for about 20 minutes, begging for my check after I had eaten. Every server told me it was someone else’s table. After 20 minutes, I just got up and walked out without paying. I figured I would get stopped and then pay, but lo and behold, nobody batted an eye. I even paused by the door and looked around.

Bethesda Bagels is taking over the location. Handmade bagels, homemade food and not a cookie cutter type of establishment. A family owned and operated business.

wandafish

Johnny Rockets is a pretty bad franchise, but I was surprised to discover their burgers at the Dupont location were pretty fresh—dare I say, similar in quality to an In-N-Out or Shake Shack, and significantly better than Five Guys, unless you’re into that sloppy, overly huge type of burger where the lettuce and tomato gets lost in the grease.